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it--there--there--the--there's a--there's a great example that i cite here right here in--in--in washington of--of people using rap groups and poetry slams to reach to communities, in this case, african-american young people, who would otherwise not be reached by--by cultural activities, and using them to build community, to build connections. the reason that i think arts and culture is important is not, you know, out of reverence for shakespeare or something, but because arts, culture, participatory--participatory--pa rticipatory arts and culture, and sports, too, provide an unusually good vehicle for making connections that cross these other barriers in our society. it's easier to make connections across lines of race or class or--or gender or--or generation, oftentimes, if one is doing that in the context of singing or--or making cultural productions of various sorts. i happen to be a--have a soft spot in my heart for choral societies because i--i, in my youth, spent a lot of time singing. and i think you can--you can make kinds of connections that are important in a s--in a--in an artis
it--there--there--the--there's a--there's a great example that i cite here right here in--in--in washington of--of people using rap groups and poetry slams to reach to communities, in this case, african-american young people, who would otherwise not be reached by--by cultural activities, and using them to build community, to build connections. the reason that i think arts and culture is important is not, you know, out of reverence for shakespeare or something, but because arts, culture,...
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the clerk: washington d.c., december 1, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable tom udall, a senator from the state of new mexico to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks there will be a period of morning business. senators will be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each during that time. republicans will control the first 30 minutes. the majority will control the final 30 minutes. we're going to recess from 12:30 until 3:30 today to allow for a caucus the democrats are having. mr. president, there are two bills at the desk due for second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3991, a bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or their political subdivisions. s. 3992, a bill to authorize the cancel
the clerk: washington d.c., december 1, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable tom udall, a senator from the state of new mexico to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks there will be a period of morning business. senators will be allowed to...
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the clerk: washington, d.c., december 9, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business leader remarks, senator durbin will be recognized. following his remarks the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to the dream act. the time until 11:00 will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders and their designees. at 11:00 we will proceed to a series of two to three roll call votes. the first if cloture is not invoked, the second would be the motion to invoke cloture on the motion motion to proceed on the james zandroga act. if cloture is not invoked, i may consider the previously failed motion on the cloture vote to proceed and then we have what i said h
the clerk: washington, d.c., december 9, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business leader remarks, senator durbin will be recognized....
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this is the home of the author washington irving so i went to washington irving junior high school and effort of team was the headless horseman. go horseman go. my mother was a homemaker. my father worked in the plant which is where everybody i news father worked and that was the chevrolet plant. he helped organize the union, the united auto workers local and he was treasurer of that uaw local win, the point that i was seven years old, he died on the assembly line. okay, fast-forward, 1962-63, in a good quaker college in pennsylvania. i was on a full four-year scholarship which is really important. they were trying to increase the african-american enrollment that point because out of i think something like almost 900 students they were bringing in this magnum group of black students, for boys than for girls, eight of us and presumably it was boys and girls club that we wouldn't have to intermingle too much with the outside. now what i found though was that there was on campus, on the campus a student for democratic society chapter. now at ses, the students for democratic society was a
this is the home of the author washington irving so i went to washington irving junior high school and effort of team was the headless horseman. go horseman go. my mother was a homemaker. my father worked in the plant which is where everybody i news father worked and that was the chevrolet plant. he helped organize the union, the united auto workers local and he was treasurer of that uaw local win, the point that i was seven years old, he died on the assembly line. okay, fast-forward, 1962-63,...
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the clerk: washington, d.c., december 18, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable chris coons, a senator from the state of delaware, to perform te duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, senators should expect a series of up to four roll call votes beginning at 10:30 this morning or thereabouts. the first vote will be on cloture with respect to the dream act. if cloture is not invoked on the dream act, the senate would proceed to a cloture vote with respect to the don't ask, don't tell repeal. following the cloture votes, the senate will proceed to vote on two confirmations, albert diaz of north carolina to be a united states circuit judge, evan hollander of maryland to be a united states district judge. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that two additional staff members from senator lieberman's office be granted
the clerk: washington, d.c., december 18, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable chris coons, a senator from the state of delaware, to perform te duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, senators should expect a series of up to four roll call votes beginning at 10:30 this morning...
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october 1947, called to washington d.c. to testified john howard lawson was one of the hollywood 10. communist party member -- albert schmaltz, 47196. i got some of -- all of frank marshall davis's weekly columns that he wrote for the honolulu record from 1949 to 1950 which was the communist party usa in hawaii. i got them through the help of two college students. one found them on line and the other is actually in hawaii and i am amazed is here today. i will keep it secret. she went into a library in the university of hawaii and got the columns on hard copy. what you see here in reading davis's columns was just how anti-american the communist party was in the united states. who was president of the united states after world war ii? harry truman. what party? democrat. he was the enemy. they mercilessly savaged harry truman. davis just took him apart. davis turned harry truman into a demon in these articles. colonialist, imperialists, fascist, racist, monsters, george marshall, you name it. february 9th, 1950. here davis rea
october 1947, called to washington d.c. to testified john howard lawson was one of the hollywood 10. communist party member -- albert schmaltz, 47196. i got some of -- all of frank marshall davis's weekly columns that he wrote for the honolulu record from 1949 to 1950 which was the communist party usa in hawaii. i got them through the help of two college students. one found them on line and the other is actually in hawaii and i am amazed is here today. i will keep it secret. she went into a...
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"washington post" covered it. one of the leaders was fred field of the vanderbilt fortune interviewed in an article. congress never mentioned it once of the he was a communist and picketing outside of the white house, and this is so incredible. on june 22nd, 1941, june 22, 1941 -- and i have the "new york times" article that describes this. they put down the pickets and chanted a pro-war chant and went home. anybody know what happened then? the soviet union was invaded by hitler's germany. they betrayed the pact on a dime overnight. the people in the american peace mobilization became prowar, and they changed so cynical. they changed it from american peace mobilization to the american people's mobilization. they didn't even change the accommodated hitler cro anymore. they kept that apm and pushed for lend lease, united states to enter the war, fdr was no longer a fascist. now they could be cp-usa could be pro-american because they are allied with stalin so it was really a great day for them. the "new york times" a
"washington post" covered it. one of the leaders was fred field of the vanderbilt fortune interviewed in an article. congress never mentioned it once of the he was a communist and picketing outside of the white house, and this is so incredible. on june 22nd, 1941, june 22, 1941 -- and i have the "new york times" article that describes this. they put down the pickets and chanted a pro-war chant and went home. anybody know what happened then? the soviet union was invaded by...
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let's reconnect washington and the american people. i thank the senator from iowa for giving me the floor. i yield whatever remaining time i have. >> mr. president? >> senator from colorado. >> mr. president, i rise to speak in opposition of the bill in front of us today. i just want to start out by saying in addition to the many challenges facing our nation, a massive budget deficit in a crippling debt may prove to be the most difficult challenge we face as a country. a steep structural debt the one our government accumulated because of the long term economic stability, it darkens the horizon in investment that we need to spur american jobs today. more over, our apparent inability to squarely address the problem is a signal to the american people as if they needed more proof that our democracy is not working, and that is as dangerous as any attack on our country. it is a time ball in our midst, the ticking of which we cannot ignore unless we are comfortable knowing that it will eventually and inevitably blow up on our children. last w
let's reconnect washington and the american people. i thank the senator from iowa for giving me the floor. i yield whatever remaining time i have. >> mr. president? >> senator from colorado. >> mr. president, i rise to speak in opposition of the bill in front of us today. i just want to start out by saying in addition to the many challenges facing our nation, a massive budget deficit in a crippling debt may prove to be the most difficult challenge we face as a country. a steep...
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i remember that when the trollly crossed from washington, d.c. to virginia, it stopped, and negroes had to move to the back. a white man home was bombed because he invited a officer he was stationed with in jrmny. i remember plan meeting posting on telephone poles in articlington. i remember my mother locking the car doors when we drove through halls hill, a black neighborhood, and telling my sister and me not to look at the people in the car stopped next to us at the light because they were colored. i remember endless discussions at my grandmother's in georgia about whether or not a particular lynching vick fill was -- victim was guilty of a crime, but not about whether lynching was right or wrong, and i remember the first and last names of my chewed friends and neighbors and betty is sitting here mongs you, but only the first names of the blacks who worked with us. i never knew their last names. now, for what i have written for the book. i am southern and white, as southern as the red clay of georgia. northern virginia is where i lived, rural g
i remember that when the trollly crossed from washington, d.c. to virginia, it stopped, and negroes had to move to the back. a white man home was bombed because he invited a officer he was stationed with in jrmny. i remember plan meeting posting on telephone poles in articlington. i remember my mother locking the car doors when we drove through halls hill, a black neighborhood, and telling my sister and me not to look at the people in the car stopped next to us at the light because they were...
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the problem is washington will not let our people go. we would like to sell things based on not a one-size-fits-all mentality, but let's not keep putting a size 10-foot in a size six shoe. we want flexibility. we will take that message to her democratic colleagues because we are all in it together. secondly, i sit at home and watch the news at night and can't believe how we dither about whether we are going to teach keep taxes low and provide certainty to companies so they can invest. the policies in washington are hurting our state's ability to create jobs. and if they want to create jobs, make the tax cuts permanent and keep the risk-taking investment low. i don't understand what they don't get about this. they have tried all this government spending. it hasn't worked. companies want certainty. finally, the state level we have to get our books in order. we have to balance our books. on the '90s we were able to get to a balanced budget and pay down debt, but look where we are today. our children are being held hostage. if we have to be
the problem is washington will not let our people go. we would like to sell things based on not a one-size-fits-all mentality, but let's not keep putting a size 10-foot in a size six shoe. we want flexibility. we will take that message to her democratic colleagues because we are all in it together. secondly, i sit at home and watch the news at night and can't believe how we dither about whether we are going to teach keep taxes low and provide certainty to companies so they can invest. the...
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here's the headline from the "washington post" recently. the obama administration has concluded that chinese firms are helping iran to improve its missile technology and develop nuclear weapons. that represents a crisis. when we've learned yesterday that china declined to act on multiple, multiple u.s. requests that it stop shipments of ballistic missile components from north korea, that were going to beijing on korean airlines, north korean airlines on the arabian carriers as well. when we learned that our secretary of state has asked china to act on the fact that iran was trying to buy gyroscopes and carbon fiber ports ballistic missiles from chinese companies, when we find that chinese companies were supplying iran with precursors, for chemical weapons. when we find that iran gets posed its parts and its technology from china, we face a crisis. and i am appreciative of the fact that mr. levy is here. because as he puts it in his testimony, foreign financial institutions have a choice. if you conduct certain business with iran, you risk l
here's the headline from the "washington post" recently. the obama administration has concluded that chinese firms are helping iran to improve its missile technology and develop nuclear weapons. that represents a crisis. when we've learned yesterday that china declined to act on multiple, multiple u.s. requests that it stop shipments of ballistic missile components from north korea, that were going to beijing on korean airlines, north korean airlines on the arabian carriers as well....
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washington post is closing -- it is not just the cutback in coverage but "washington post" like most newspapers have a smaller news holds that we don't have as much space for stories and the reporters are being called upon more often to shorten their stories. so it is a real problem and you can say well when you put it on line you can go on forever on line, but the fact is that newspaper still bring the kind of authority to a story that on line journalism doesn't quite do yet. so, in the absence of information of course you have opinion and when you look at television news, a sharper and more festive and more extreme the opinion, the greater the ratings are. so that is what is driving it. i don't watch television is any more. i just can't do it. i call up somebody after a real liberal friend the other night, after watching two hours of msnbc and i said now i understand why do you were angry all the time. i am ready to burn down the white house and congress, you know because it is so extreme. is irony and i'm not the first to remark on this. is highly ironic here we are involved in th
washington post is closing -- it is not just the cutback in coverage but "washington post" like most newspapers have a smaller news holds that we don't have as much space for stories and the reporters are being called upon more often to shorten their stories. so it is a real problem and you can say well when you put it on line you can go on forever on line, but the fact is that newspaper still bring the kind of authority to a story that on line journalism doesn't quite do yet. so, in...
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we do not need one more washington center, washington driven agenda. we need a citizen-focused and citizen-generated agenda. that's what we will try to provide the arena for. guest: about what the caller said about cable news, there's obviously a big food fight atmosphere to a lot of people. i worry a lot more, not about the 3 million people or 5 million people who watch a lot of cable tv and get too much slanted political information -- i worry about the 125 million people who get much less political information than their parents and grandparents did. we are moving toward a world in which the best informed americans are so much more informed than they were a generation ago, but many americans are much worse informed. it's that kind of information oligarchy that is one of the powerful and destructive forces in american politics. if you do not know what is going on, you will be taking advantage of. that's the backdrop to the financial crisis. all kinds of decisions were made that were too technical and too boring for people to follow. trillions of doll
we do not need one more washington center, washington driven agenda. we need a citizen-focused and citizen-generated agenda. that's what we will try to provide the arena for. guest: about what the caller said about cable news, there's obviously a big food fight atmosphere to a lot of people. i worry a lot more, not about the 3 million people or 5 million people who watch a lot of cable tv and get too much slanted political information -- i worry about the 125 million people who get much less...
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the more of indiana we can have in washington, frankly, the better washington will be. to my fellow hoosiers, let me say that while my time in the senate is drawing to a close, my love for you and devotions to our state will remain everlasting. as i begin my final remarks, my final former remarks on this floor, my mind goes back to my first speech as a united states senator. it was an unusual beginning. i was the 94th senator to deliver remarks in the first impeachment trial of a president since 1868. the session was closed to the public, emotions ran high, partisan divisions were deep. it was a constitutional crisis, and the eyes of the nation and the world looked to the senate. my first day as senator, i was sworn in as a juror in that trial. there were no rules. all 100 of us gathered in the old senate chamber. the debate was hot, but we listened to each other. we all knew that the fate of the nation and the judgment of history, things far more important than party loyalty or ideolong cal purity, were in our hands. consensus was elusive. finally, we appointed ted ken
the more of indiana we can have in washington, frankly, the better washington will be. to my fellow hoosiers, let me say that while my time in the senate is drawing to a close, my love for you and devotions to our state will remain everlasting. as i begin my final remarks, my final former remarks on this floor, my mind goes back to my first speech as a united states senator. it was an unusual beginning. i was the 94th senator to deliver remarks in the first impeachment trial of a president...
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create add lost jobs in washington, d.c., 250,000 new jobs in washington, d.c. the food safety bill, according to estimates, would create another 17,000 jobs here in washington, d.c. so almost anything that's been done hasn't created any private-sector jobs. it's create add lot of government jobs but that's not what people want. they want jobs in the economy. they want the small businesses in their smain stree main stree towns and comawntsst communities to be able to inve invest, to be able to buy that new peeves equipment to add to the productivit product product operation. i think that's what the message of the election was. i think that's what the interests of the american peopl still is. it is not all these other thin things. and i understand that there is need sometimes for political parties to check the box, to sa that they've done this, try to do this for a particular constituency and that's perhaps what drives the reason we have to have votes on some of these other issues. but at the end of the day, it comes down to one simple basic fundamental fact. a l
create add lost jobs in washington, d.c., 250,000 new jobs in washington, d.c. the food safety bill, according to estimates, would create another 17,000 jobs here in washington, d.c. so almost anything that's been done hasn't created any private-sector jobs. it's create add lot of government jobs but that's not what people want. they want jobs in the economy. they want the small businesses in their smain stree main stree towns and comawntsst communities to be able to inve invest, to be able to...
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washington families and children. he pushed the largest increase in federal spending ever, vote taxes on small businesses, you cost us jobs. sorry, it's time you bought off our backs. learn more. ♪ ♪ >> it's a sure sign the campaign season has begun. they have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a one week list against murray. it's hard to miss those commercials and now our poll indicates they may have had an effect. >> washington families -- >> if you watch any television at all use of the ad portraying senator murray's shoes walking on the backs of kids. it didn't work? in our poll in june, 49% statewide residents polled trolled a survey of a say they approve of her job performance. 44% disapprove. in the poll this week her approval rating dropped dramatically in to the , 31% approve and now 54% disapprove. the ad came from a conservative group called american action network which claims she has been bad for small business. ♪ >> you better not mark charlie crist's policies and eink. its job killing taxes
washington families and children. he pushed the largest increase in federal spending ever, vote taxes on small businesses, you cost us jobs. sorry, it's time you bought off our backs. learn more. ♪ ♪ >> it's a sure sign the campaign season has begun. they have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a one week list against murray. it's hard to miss those commercials and now our poll indicates they may have had an effect. >> washington families -- >> if you watch any...
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eastern on c-span radio in washington these d.c. at 91-point fm on xm channel 132 and on line at c-span radio.org. >> the senate is now in recess until 3:30 eastern. until then we went to take you live to a senate majority leader reid. he is holding a press briefing at 3:00 p.m. eastern following the democratic caucus meeting. while we wait for that to begin a discussion from earlier today on the proposals contained in the debt commission's final report. we will show u.s. much of that as we can before senator reads " remarks began. >> representative javier becerra democrat of california also adet member of the deficit commissior thank you for being with us this morning.ommissio your initial take awn.ay initial take away from the commission's recommendations thus far? guest: i think they set the ground for us to have something in the congress to discuss. there are things all of us can disagree with but did greatest thing is the chair's put out what some of the problems are. i did not think they targeted as well in their proposals as
eastern on c-span radio in washington these d.c. at 91-point fm on xm channel 132 and on line at c-span radio.org. >> the senate is now in recess until 3:30 eastern. until then we went to take you live to a senate majority leader reid. he is holding a press briefing at 3:00 p.m. eastern following the democratic caucus meeting. while we wait for that to begin a discussion from earlier today on the proposals contained in the debt commission's final report. we will show u.s. much of that as...
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it's washington, your way. >> a discussion now on hiv aids prevention and research. from today's washington journal, this is about 40 minutes. >> host: our guest is the executive director of the whitman walker clinic. on this world aids day, give us the latest news about the number of cases and treatment of them. >> guest: oh, sure. i'm glad to be here today, paul. this is reflecting and a sobering day for us, but it's a day of optimism. there's a tremendous amount of treatments available across the globe, and our challenge is getting medications to people in our types of communities all over the globe with more than 3 # million people living with hiv on the planet, and more infected every day here in this country it's 56,000 a year. here in the district it's 1800 a year. the real challenge is long term, what are we going to do in terms of treatment? we know that medications work, but how are we going to fund those over the life of many, many millions of people across the planet. >> host: there's a will the to go through, and with the number of cases in the city here
it's washington, your way. >> a discussion now on hiv aids prevention and research. from today's washington journal, this is about 40 minutes. >> host: our guest is the executive director of the whitman walker clinic. on this world aids day, give us the latest news about the number of cases and treatment of them. >> guest: oh, sure. i'm glad to be here today, paul. this is reflecting and a sobering day for us, but it's a day of optimism. there's a tremendous amount of...
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senator peter fitzgerald came to washington two years before i began my service in the house. i was honored to serve the illinois delegation with him for four years. when i look the oath of office here in the senate, it was senator fitzgerald and senator durbin at my side, recognizing that our leadership of our state requires a firm commitment to bipartisanship. senator fitzgerald was born in elgin and raised in inverness. he represented the northwest suburbs in the illinois state senate before his election to the u.s. senate. senator fitzgerald's legacy in illinois will forever be remembered for bringing one of the nation's most dedicated crime fighters to our state. senator fitzgerald is the reason why the northern district of illinois is home to one of the best prosecutors in america, u.s. attorney patrick fitzgerald. patrick fitzgerald, who is of no relation to the senator, has done more to fight public corruption in our state than any other person. senator peter fitzgerald fought a tough battle to recruit and appoint patrick fitzgerald. before his arrival, illinois had be
senator peter fitzgerald came to washington two years before i began my service in the house. i was honored to serve the illinois delegation with him for four years. when i look the oath of office here in the senate, it was senator fitzgerald and senator durbin at my side, recognizing that our leadership of our state requires a firm commitment to bipartisanship. senator fitzgerald was born in elgin and raised in inverness. he represented the northwest suburbs in the illinois state senate before...
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a and in washington and in new york. it became too vague a term. and i think problem is that the way in which that was pursued -- pursueed -- not just against al-qaeda, not just against the al-qaeda/taliban state in afghanistan at the time, but broadening that out into iraq and so on -- made a lot of people feel that there was something wrong with that conceptually, something wrong with that idea. i remember president bush talking about, you know, eradicating evil, and it struck me that that might be a job beyond even the president of the united states. [laughter] it, evil, unfortunately, is a fact in human life just as much as good is. >> host: next call for sir >> next call for sir rushdie comes from freeland, michigan. go ahead, glenn. >> caller: yes, sir, thank you very much, gentlemen. mr. rushdie, i'd like to get your take on something. i was watching the bbc international or news or cnn or one of those. during the time of the trouble over mohammed cartoons in one of the scandinavian states and they were representing a representative of a mus
a and in washington and in new york. it became too vague a term. and i think problem is that the way in which that was pursued -- pursueed -- not just against al-qaeda, not just against the al-qaeda/taliban state in afghanistan at the time, but broadening that out into iraq and so on -- made a lot of people feel that there was something wrong with that conceptually, something wrong with that idea. i remember president bush talking about, you know, eradicating evil, and it struck me that that...
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so that's the -- that's not a commentator here in washington. that's the foreign minister of poland who has -- his country has a lot at stake in this debate. i would also say that we -- we have had a lot of discussions about the treaty and what's in the treaty or what would come about as a result of the treaty, but it's not as if these -- these arguments just landed here when the bill landed on the floor. we had months and months of hearings in the senate foreign relations committee. our ranking member, senator lugar, was not just there for those hearings but -- but played a leading role in reaching the point -- helping us reach the point where we are now. we have a treaty on the floor because of his good work over many, many months, and i would argue in his case many years on this issue. the same is true with the presiding officer. sitting in those hearings and asking questions of the relevant -- the relevant parties, many of them military leaders. but i would note for the record -- and i'll close with this -- that the -- the vote by the senate
so that's the -- that's not a commentator here in washington. that's the foreign minister of poland who has -- his country has a lot at stake in this debate. i would also say that we -- we have had a lot of discussions about the treaty and what's in the treaty or what would come about as a result of the treaty, but it's not as if these -- these arguments just landed here when the bill landed on the floor. we had months and months of hearings in the senate foreign relations committee. our...
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worth reading. >> guest: sure. >> host: patricia writes that she's an english major in walla walla, washington. currently, she's studying abroad in india. salman rushdie is one of my favorite authors and one of the reasons why i chose to come to india. i have several questions for him. would salman rushdie, please, discuss the interplay between politics of the developing world and the genre of magical realism explored by authors such as himself and gabrielle mars ya marquez? be a type of literature more suited to nations of the developing word. >> guest: well, certainly it has, it has found very fertile soil in those, in those parts of the world. but, i mean, there have been great practitioner of that kind of writing in european literature, you know, kafka and, indeed, in the literature of the united states in writers of the so-called fabulous movement of john barth and robert coover and others. so, you know, it's a thing that crops up everywhere. but it's true, i think, that in the so-called third world there's less of a, there's less of a buffer zone between private life and public life. you
worth reading. >> guest: sure. >> host: patricia writes that she's an english major in walla walla, washington. currently, she's studying abroad in india. salman rushdie is one of my favorite authors and one of the reasons why i chose to come to india. i have several questions for him. would salman rushdie, please, discuss the interplay between politics of the developing world and the genre of magical realism explored by authors such as himself and gabrielle mars ya marquez? be a...
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in testimony from the director of the defense threat reduction agency, called in washington-ease, dtra, kenneth meyers, the agency doing these inspections said and i quote -- "type 1 inspections will be more demanding on both the dtra and site personnel as it combines the main parts of what were formerly two separate inspections under start into a single lengthier inspection." so whereas you go from 28 down to 18 and 10 type-1 inspections, you can take a much longer time. they are much more comprehensive, and you have many more means to be able to get the answers to your questions. some of my colleagues who question this treaty have raised a couple of problems with the monitoring provisions. let me address a couple of them now. first, under start united states officials had a permanent presence at the russian missle production facility. now, that's a facility called v votkinsk. inspectors could watch, they were afganistaned there, and they could -- they were stationed there. new start does not include this provision. but the bush administration had taken the provision off the table in
in testimony from the director of the defense threat reduction agency, called in washington-ease, dtra, kenneth meyers, the agency doing these inspections said and i quote -- "type 1 inspections will be more demanding on both the dtra and site personnel as it combines the main parts of what were formerly two separate inspections under start into a single lengthier inspection." so whereas you go from 28 down to 18 and 10 type-1 inspections, you can take a much longer time. they are...
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bank, washington trust ba bank, and wells fargo. so all of these banks have been willing to pay interest on these trust -- lawyer trust accounts knowing thatht ey are doi work in the community by assisting legal programs. now, i mentioned one of those programs in oregon. let me mention a couple more. juvenile rights project -- it provides legal services to children and families who do not otherwise have the means to retain counsel. through individual representation in juvenile court and school proceedings and through classwide advocacy. the legislature and public agencies. it has the only help line offering legal advice for children and teenagers in oregon. so that's the juvenile rights project. disability rights oregon, the oregon advocacy center of the disability rights oregon, also is assisted. it provides statewide legal services to oregonians with disabilities who are victims of abuse or neglect or have problems obtaining health care or special education, housing, employment, public benefits, access to public and private servic
bank, washington trust ba bank, and wells fargo. so all of these banks have been willing to pay interest on these trust -- lawyer trust accounts knowing thatht ey are doi work in the community by assisting legal programs. now, i mentioned one of those programs in oregon. let me mention a couple more. juvenile rights project -- it provides legal services to children and families who do not otherwise have the means to retain counsel. through individual representation in juvenile court and school...